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Wedding
Ceremony Order of Service
Many couples married on
the island have used this as a guideline for the typical order of events
for a Traditional Wedding Ceremony. You should feel free to add, drop,
or alter the sequence of these events to suit your individual wedding
ceremony. What you do need to keep are three key elements of the
ceremony required by Ohio Law: The Charge to the Couple, the Exchange of
Vows and the Exchange of Rings. When we meet with couples to plan their
wedding, we discuss the many options available to them.
Each couple completes a
short questionnaire and uses the many samples we provide to create their
own custom Wedding Ceremony. We have samples of different types of
ceremonies, including Traditional, Civil, Religious, Romantic, Vow
Renewal and Union or Commitment ceremonies.
We have also broken down the different aspects of the ceremony, such
as the Opening, Exchange of Vows, Exchange of Rings, Blessing, Closing,
etc. and we have provided a variety of sample Readings and suggested
Music as well as samples of Vows and Blessings.
A simple Civil Ceremony would not involve all of these aspects of a
Traditional Wedding. A Civil Ceremony is generally short and to the
point.
In the Traditional Wedding Ceremony, this would be the Order of
Service:
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Ushers
seat the guests (Prelude music playing)
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The
Special Music begins.
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Mothers/Parents/VIPs enter and light candelabras.
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Parents
of the Bride and Groom are seated with the Bride's Mother
being seated last.
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The
Officiant and Groom enter and proceed to the front.
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The
Bridal party enters and proceeds to the front.
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The Ring
Bearer and/or Flower Girl enter, proceed to front, sit down.
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Music
concludes for the Bridal Party.
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Ushers
unroll the aisle runner.
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The
audience is asked to rise and welcome the Bride.
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Music
begins for the Bride’s entrance (Processional music)
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The Bride
and her escort enter and are met by the Groom.
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Bride’s
music concludes.
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Opening
commentary.
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Bride and
Groom light "family candles" to represent their families.
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Bride and
Groom present flowers to parents.
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"Declarations Of Intent" by Bride and Groom.
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First
Reading (religious or romantic literature).
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Musical
interlude (solo, etc.).
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Second
Reading.
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Special
Music (musical interlude, or musical and vocal performance)
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Exchange
of Wedding Vows (Traditional or customized)
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Blessing
of the Rings.
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Exchange
of Wedding Rings (Traditional or customized)
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Audience
recites Lord's Prayer (Roman Catholic or Protestant version).
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Officiant's
Prayer of Blessing for the Bride and Groom.
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Bride and
Groom light Unity Candle (music in background).
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Final
commentary.
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Bride and
Groom kiss.
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Introduction of the new couple by the Officiant's.
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Recessional music begins.
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Bride and
Groom exit.
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Bridal
party exits and forms reception line.
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Officiant's
instructions to the audience.
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